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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nLouise deKoven\nwas born in Chicago, February 26, 1859 the only child of Helen Hadduck and John\nDeKoven. Her childhood was one of wealth and privilege; she graduated from the\nprestigious Dearborn Seminary in 1916, and began teaching Sunday School at St.\nJames Episcopal Church. Although she remained a member of the church for the\nrest of her life she consistently expressed discontent about its treatment of\nwomen. In 1886 she married Joseph Tilton Bowen; the couple\nhad four children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1903 she\nbegan working with Jane Addams in Hull House, advocating for the welfare of\nyoung people, and established a summer camp for needy children. She served as the\nfirst president of the Juvenile Protective Association where she supervised\nresearch examining such issues as working conditions, racial prejudice, and\npopular entertainment and its effects on young people, issues that still\nresonate today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louise deKoven\nBowen became interested in the woman suffrage movement after learning about the\nactivities of British suffragettes; she admired their tenacity and joined\nforces with Jane Addams, travelling and speaking out about the need of women\nfor the vote. After her husband died in 1911 she divided her time as a Board\nmember for Hull House, and an advocate for woman suffrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She geared\nher appeal to most women\u2019s concerns for home and family. The vote would improve\nlives, she argued, by allowing women to vote for their family\u2019s best interests\n\u2013 the prevention of child abuse, the education of young people, and the\nreduction of infant mortality. She campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt for\nPresident in 1912 after learning that he had made woman suffrage part of the\nProgressive party platform. During World War I, Illinois Governor\nFrank Lowden appointed Bowen to the Illinois Council of Defense, the only woman\nto serve on the council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1914 she ran for Alderman of the\n21st<\/sup> Ward in Chicago, the first year women were eligible to run, and\nalthough she was defeated she was so respected in the City that there was talk\nof running her for mayor, an idea which greatly amused her. After women won the vote she continued to campaign\nto encourage women to use their vote to improve lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As many\nwealthy women of the time, Louise DeKoven Bowen could have indulged in a life\nof indolence and pleasure. Instead she chose to use her wealth and influence to\nwork to better the lives of children and families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy\nBirthday, Louise deKoven Bowen! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Louise deKoven Bowen, 1859 – 1953 Louise deKoven was born in Chicago, February 26, 1859 the only child of Helen Hadduck and John DeKoven. Her childhood was one of wealth and privilege; she graduated from the prestigious Dearborn Seminary in 1916, and began teaching Sunday School at St. James Episcopal Church. Although she remained a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compelling-stories-of-remarkable-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3G1zV-1Nk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6906,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902\/revisions\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longislandwomansuffrage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}